culteranismo

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There are passages which display great gifts in the realm of pure poetry, but too often they are marred by the impertinent metaphors characteristic of _culteranismo_.

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  • There are passages which display great gifts in the realm of pure poetry, but too often they are marred by the impertinent metaphors characteristic of _culteranismo_. —  Modern Spanish Lyrics
 

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